#CBC97A#CBC97A

#CBC97A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.101 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC97A
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 39.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -10.83, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 41.14, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0298 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.101 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0289, 55.8760, 26.6110)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC97A #7A7CCB

analogous

#CBA07A #CBC97A #A4CB7A

triadic

#CBC97A #7ACBC9 #C97ACB

tetradic

#CBC97A #7ACBA0 #7A7CCB #CB7AA4

square

#CBC97A #7ACBA0 #7A7CCB #CB7AA4

split-complementary

#CBC97A #7AA4CB #A07ACB

monochromatic

#928F39 #BAB74E #CBC97A #DCDBA6 #EDEDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBC97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CBC97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC97A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC97A	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.101 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9a1',
    500: '#cbc97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc97a;
$custom-light: #dcd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 43.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81986,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC97A

secondary

#515398

accent

#32B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC97A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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